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This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham
(Matthew 1:1)
Genealogies, who likes to read that part of the Bible? Try it with the King James Version, and I bet you would need the Holy Spirit in all His fullness to go through. At the beginning of this year, I determined to make a serious effort at not skipping through the 'begat' parts of the Bible. I told myself, ‘if God thought it wise to include that detail, there must be something he wants me to learn.’
Here is what I devised; I would read through that portion of the Bible in the contemporary versions. That way, it felt like I was reading a novel. It worked. I discovered that God carefully included important details for us. For example, He told us who gave birth to who, who their father was, and then in the case of some people, He would tell us who their mother was.
For our challenge today, we will look at this account of the genealogy of Jesus as recorded by Mathew and pay attention to the mothers that were included.
I am particularly interested in my sisters, seeing this is the season of love and all kinds of words would be finding their way into your space. Some would be nice and some not so good. Some voices would be loud and some would hardly be a whisper. Your emotions may travel and the questions may creep in.
When this happens, I want you to take a trip back into history. Check out the babes that lived ages ago and see that you are not doing badly at all.
First mention was Tamar. Who was she? How did she get in? She was a woman scorned, cheated and when she saw that what was rightfully hers by custom was being denied her, she devised a means of getting it. The methods were drastic and unorthodox (playing whore sounds yuck). Why this qualified her, I am in awe as I write (Genesis 38:6-30). Her father in law admitted his wrong, yielded right to her in that it was his action that caused her to make such a move.
The second woman was Rahab. We first meet her in the Book of Joshua. She hid the guys that had gone to spy out Jericho (Joshua 2:3, 6:17, 23, 25; Hebrew 11:31, James 2:25). She was the harlot who lived by the wall. She understood how to latch on to grace and by so doing, saved her entire household. As I studied this, I could only say Wow!
Our third woman was Ruth the Moabite. Did God not say His children should not intermarry with the Moabites? How did she get in? Study the book of Ruth (Ruth1: 4, 14, 16, 22).
Did you notice how she got in, those powerful words of commitment?
Fourth on the list was the wife of Uriah the Hittite. She had slept with King David and committed adultery. Though it was not at her instance, it was adultery all the same (2 Samuel 11:3).
What is the point? If these women could make it into the ancestry of Jesus, how much more you? In your case, the blood of Jesus provided a covering for whatever circumstances your birth story is. Some of the women had to work their way in. Jesus did that for us. We were grafted in, adopted, accepted in the beloved. How cool is that! Since God paid so much attention to ancestry. We ought to do so. Only do what He did. He picked what was justifiable. The faith of the women got them in. Your faith is all you need.
The daughter in law, the harlot, the strange woman, the other man's wife were all in Jesus bloodline; was your own that bad? Jesus took them in then. He still takes people in now. Stop condemning yourself; stop feeling unworthy. Join the clan; there is enough room!
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